The excitement begins under the hood where the C30's standard 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder engine receives a healthy performance upgrade. Polestar, Volvo's official performance partner ...

The new Volvo engines are based on two, 2.0-litre four-cylinder units – one direct-injection petrol and one common-rail diesel – and use a combination of supercharging, turbocharging or hybrid ...

The new 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine will, according to reports, help Volvo further cut its carbon emissions in line with constricting regulations in markets like Europe and Australia.

It sure is. With a cast epoxy cylinder head, this engine will run for just long enough for a proof of concept. This experiment began by casting a single monolithic block of JB Weld that’s a bit ...

Volvo is embracing the trend in downsizing its engines to three-cylinders. The Swedish company is already deep in testing its new 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol Drive-E engine and says the tiny ...

The four-cylinder ... head gasket failure. This was most notably seen on the Ford Focus RS, which also happens to be the most ...

Though Audi's use of five-cylinder engines is one that most car enthusiasts are familiar with, it certainly isn't the only ...

The turbocharged diesel five-cylinder engine replaced the former Tdi to meet emissions regulations at the time and the engine remained until it was replaced in 2007. Like Audi, Volvo has regularly ...

Officials have attributed the suspension of Volvo buses between Gurugram and Ambala, Agra, Chandigarh and Panchkula to lack of riders to break-even the operating costs. The overall ...

for its slightly more exploitable road-going performance – but it’s a great example of how exciting a relatively humble but highly strung four-cylinder engine can be when given its head.

But it will still be manufacturing earlier models that have pure combustion engines. Geely, Volvo's Chinese owner, has been quietly pushing ahead with electric car development for more than a decade.

Volvo's chief technology officer, Henrik Green, said the company needed to switch focus: "There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine." Bjorn Annwall, head of Europe ...